I am an over-achieving jogger who has accomplished more in marathon running than I ever thought possible, and now I've turned my efforts to triathlons and am shooting for my first Ironman sometime in 2010. My hope is to inspire, encourage and motivate athletes of all ages and abilities.

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Austin Marathon - 11 days and counting

I went to a booster club meeting last night for my daughter's high school drill team which was held in their dance room. They have mirrors up from floor to ceiling all over the place. As I was walking in to take my seat, I looked down in the mirror at my left shin area and was amazed at how red, swollen and inflamed it was, something I had not noticed in looking down at it normally. Thankfully after the meeting was over I ran into one of the team trainers who knows I am a marathoner. She took one look at it and really scolded me for having run at all on it. She recommended I try some ultrasound and switch to Aleve rather than Advil, so I'm scheduling an ultrasound treatment tomorrow and have started with the Aleve.

Robert . . . thanks for the comment on my site. It is always good to realize how fortunate and blessed we are. It is sad to know that way too many folks take the simple act of walking for granted . . much less running.

I am sorry to hear about the shin. As we say in Alabama-"the hay is in the barn". You have done the training and there is nothing much left to gain by pounding yourself over the next eleven days. I would suggest elliptical or stationary for the next week and then maybe a couple of miles the few days before the marathon. I am not an expert but I do know that when you have an injury, you have to take some time off.

Be careful with your owie. It sounds like you've been there before, and you know that even if you can't train between now and then, you've done your homework and you can rely on mental ability. Cool blog.

About Me

After achieving (ok, over-achieving) more in running than I ever believed possible, I have now set my sites on doing an Ironman sometime in 2010.
My real passion is to inspire others towards their goals through my web site, Faithful Soles which is dedicated to motivating athletes of all ages and abilities. I also have on Faithful Soles what I believe to be the only categorized and searchable multi-sport athlete Blog Database on the internet where members may find blogs of interest to them by selecting categories such as age, sex, location, experience level, and events completed and/or in training for, as well as a brief description of what each blog is about. You can also link your own blog to the database (just click on "Blog Database" in the main menu on the home page and then click on the "Link your blog for free" button on the right-hand side of that page).